MGASA-2019-0157

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    MGASA-2019-0157

    Published: 12 May 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated cronie packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated cronie packages fix security vulnerabilities: Cronie before 1.5.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large crontab file because the calloc return value is not checked (CVE-2019-9704). Cronie before 1.5.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large crontab file because an unlimited number of lines is accepted (CVE-2019-9705).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0157.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24579, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/6DU7HAUAQR4E4AEBPYLUV6FZ4PHKH6A2/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cronie

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/cronie?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.4-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High